Vietnam’s securities market in 2025 maintained stronger growth than many regional peers, thanks to flexible direction by the Government and the Ministry of Finance, alongside efforts to reform institutions and modernise information technology infrastructure, according to the State Securities Commission (SSC).

The Vietnamese stock market is on the brink of transformative changes as the government implements new policies designed to facilitate foreign investor access.

The stock market posted a strong close on July 25 on positive sentiment and capital inflows from domestic investors, with the VN-Index setting a new historical high.

The post-Tet stock market in 2025 presents a complex landscape, with both opportunities and challenges.

VOV.VN - In 2025, the Vietnamese stock market stands at a crossroads of opportunities and challenges, with macroeconomic factors and internal momentum expected to drive a new phase of development.

Measures to alleviate difficulties for enterprises and citizens in 2024 proposed by the Ministry of Finance including tax and fee reduction and exemption represented an estimated value of VND191 trillion (US$7.49 billion), the ministry reported on December 31.

The Vietnamese equity market boasts strong potential to become a major source of financing for the private sector, according to specialists from the World Bank.

Leading investment fund VinaCapital remains confident in the Vietnamese stock market in the last months of this year despite foreign investors’ heavy net selling.

The number of newly opened securities accounts in Vietnam saw a substantial increase last month, reversing the previous decline in April, according to the Vietnam Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation.

Foreign investors have net sold Vietnamese stocks on HoSE with a value of VND58 trillion (over US$2.3 billion) since the beginning of 2023, indicating a prevailing trend of net selling in the Vietnamese stock market.